1 hour ago, Neeranam said:

What nonsense and where is the link to that wonderful paper the star lol? 

There are much more beautiful beaches in UK. 

I was brought up Mrs Balmedie beach, where president Trump built a world class golf course, great beach. 

I've a holiday home in Cruden Bay another great beach, also with world class golf course, designed by Old Tom Morris. 

And what about Balnakeil? Great when no sideways snow. 

 

Looks lovely but the water is freezing. I made that mistake at Morar.  ????

2 hours ago, Neeranam said:

What nonsense and where is the link to that wonderful paper the star lol? 

There are much more beautiful beaches in UK. 

I was brought up Mrs Balmedie beach, where president Trump built a world class golf course, great beach. 

I've a holiday home in Cruden Bay another great beach, also with world class golf course, designed by Old Tom Morris. 

And what about Balnakeil? Great when no sideways snow. 

 

Full article :

 

 

https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/stunning-scottish-beach-mistaken-thailand-18936396

Vernice Beach No1 what a f...ing joke haha ????????????????????????

12 minutes ago, Denim said:

Full article :

 

 

https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/stunning-scottish-beach-mistaken-thailand-18936396

There's no Thai beach on that list!
 

2 minutes ago, Tropposurfer said:

Vernice Beach No1 what a f...ing joke haha ????????????????????????

Especially as it only has canals, as far as I remember.

Thai beaches are #1 when it comes to salesmen pestering you every 30 seconds to buy useless stuff, even if you already told them a dozen times 'no thanks'...

 

Not to mention Thailand's first-rate ranking for beaches with seas full of sewage, turds, plastic bags, etc. 

 

What a shame that these achievements weren't mentioned, or Thailand might have made top of the list...

Yup. Instagram and google. Trustworthy indeed.

What happened to some hickory dickory dock or U-Lube from influencers?

I've lived here 9+ years....never heard of these beaches.

7 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

How such utter tosh reaches the average reader such as ourselves escapes me….

 

Thailahd has great beaches, brilliant - but to use to a ridiculous & fundamentally flawed ranking system then present a story about it is moronic… 

 

 

It reaches us, and we read it with the grain(s) of salt deserved.

Best of all, we don't lose face to admit that we read the tosh????

5 hours ago, cardinalblue said:

Venice Beach compared to any Hawaiian Beach? Actually most other CA beaches are equal or more beautiful than VB…

 

this story has no credibility 

like i said daily star is <deleted> newspaper......

1 minute ago, StayinThailand2much said:

Thai beaches are #1 when it comes to salesmen pestering you every 30 seconds to buy stuff, even if you already told them a dozen times 'no thanks'...

 

Not to mention Thailand's first-rate ranking for beaches with seas full of sewage, turds, plastic  bags, etc. 

 

What a shame that these achievements weren't mentioned.

I've never seen turds on Thai beaches. Now, Puri, Orissa is another story. 

These salesmen can't differentiate farang, as we all look the same.

3 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

I've never seen turds on Thai beaches. Now, Puri, Orissa is another story. 

These salesmen can't differentiate farang, as we all look the same.

Aren't you Thai ?

Just now, Mac Mickmanus said:

Aren't you Thai ?

Yes, I am.

2 hours ago, Chris.B said:

I would have guessed Thailand had beautiful beaches many moons ago. Now with too many tourists, they are dirty and overused.

 

One improvement would be to ban smoking on all Thai beaches.

 

it has been banned for years smoking on beaches thats why i never go to a beach

maya bay is a beautiful beach........

 

we went to Long Bay on koh Payam the other day.  That too is very beautiful

 

12 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

I've never seen turds on Thai beaches.

In the water. Definitely in Pattaya. And I think, I saw some years ago in Patong too.

 

Have you ever been to Cha-am? The beach area looks like a rubbish dump.

4 minutes ago, StayinThailand2much said:

In the water. Definitely in Pattaya. And I think, I saw some years ago in Patong too.

 

Have you ever been to Cha-am? The beach area looks like a rubbish dump.

Saw Chaam 20 years ago. I live 3 minutes from Takiab Beach in Hua Hin. Never even seen a dog turd there. 

7 hours ago, John Drake said:

Venice Beach: Squalor by the Sea.  https://www.city-journal.org/homelessness-and-rv-fires-have-overrun-venice-beach-california

Everyone knows this except the person that gave the rankings!

7 hours ago, sungod said:

Couldn't agree more, take Pattaya for example, if they judged it on the amount of times the word w**k (rhymes with a piece of military equipment with tracks)   was used, it would actually be a good thing for most, however it could be interpreted as bad.

Armoured Personal Carrier? I'm confused!

41 minutes ago, blackshadow said:

it has been banned for years smoking on beaches thats why i never go to a beach

Spain has also introduced a ban on smoking too on beaches. Its takes 9 years for a cigarette  butt to disintegrate until which  time it remains unsightly and toxic  to wild life. But I see no reason  why they shouldn't have smoking areas near the road side of beaches or near the  toilets.

18 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

Saw Chaam 20 years ago. I live 3 minutes from Takiab Beach in Hua Hin. Never even seen a dog turd there. 

Hua Hin (last time I went there, i.e. many years ago) was an example how Thailand's beaches could look like. Compared to other beaches it was very clean.

31 minutes ago, StayinThailand2much said:

In the water. Definitely in Pattaya. And I think, I saw some years ago in Patong too.

 

Have you ever been to Cha-am? The beach area looks like a rubbish dump.

Thailand beaches - the hub of turd spotting tours?

3 hours ago, Neeranam said:

What nonsense and where is the link to that wonderful paper the star lol? 

There are much more beautiful beaches in UK. 

I was brought up Mrs Balmedie beach, where president Trump built a world class golf course, great beach. 

I've a holiday home in Cruden Bay another great beach, also with world class golf course, designed by Old Tom Morris. 

And what about Balnakeil? Great when no sideways snow. 

 

Never went further than the Kilmarnock Arms Hotel. Aye those were the days.

1 hour ago, Denim said:

Full article :

 

 

https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/stunning-scottish-beach-mistaken-thailand-18936396

The west coast of Scotland  has gulf currents and palm trees  and cacti grow there. The mull of Galloway is beautiful  but home to some of the worst  midges in the world. 

Where is Satun Island?

2 hours ago, StayinThailand2much said:

Hua Hin (last time I went there, i.e. many years ago) was an example how Thailand's beaches could look like. Compared to other beaches it was very clean.

Except the ponies' poop! ☹️

 

1. If they are using Instagram as a source, all information should be discredited. Most Instagram users are under 15. I got this from a Meta representative. They own Instagram. 

 

2. If Venice Beach is voted as number one, the survey should be immediately disqualified as nonsense. 

 

You want serious beaches? Dreamland Beach, Bali. ...
Menjangan Island, Bali
Gili Islands, Lombok
Raja Ampat, West Papua
Busuanga Island, Philippines 
Seagrass Bay, Laucala Island, Fiji
Ypao Beach, Tumon Guam
Honopu Beach, Kauai, Hawaii
Maipio Valley Beach, Big Island, Hawaii
Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. ...
Harbour Island, Bahamas. ...
Blue Beach (La Chiva), Vieques, Puerto Rico. ...
Trunk Bay, St. John, USVI.
Devil’s Bay, Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands
Parrot Cay, Turks and Caicos
Lindquist Beach, St. Thomas
Palm Beach, Aruba
San Blas, Panama
Oludeniz, Turkey
Porto Katsiki, Lefkada, Greece

 

 

Maya Bay huh...

This is what thousands of tourists will do to your beautiful beach..

https://www.thetravel.com/dirtiest-beaches-in-the-world/

3 hours ago, KIngsofisaan said:

Everyone knows this except the person that gave the rankings!

Things haven't changed much there. I saw plenty of homeless in that area when I was there in 1998. The beach appeared clean though (no garbage, at least). 

3 hours ago, The Hammer2021 said:

Where is Satun Island?

36 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Thank you